印度塔塔电子iPhone零部件工厂3名合同工吸入气体死亡：事发污水处理设施检修期间
印度泰米尔纳德邦霍苏尔 — 11月9日傍晚，塔塔电子位于印度南部泰米尔纳德邦克里希纳吉里县霍苏尔附近的一家工厂发生事故，为苹果公司 iPhone 生产零部件的这家工厂里，3名合同工在检修污水处理设施时吸入气体死亡。地区行政长官 C Dinesh Kumar 表示，死者是在检查一座外置纳滤罐时出事的。
据《印度快报》与当地媒体报道，出事的4名工人受雇于水处理公司 Nalco Water（艺康集团旗下），当时正在清理污水处理厂的污泥。Kumar 对媒体表示，一名工人坠入罐内，另外几人下罐施救时相继出事，4人中只有1人生还；他同时表示，处理污水设施时现场没有采取适当的安全措施，地区行政部门正在调查。泰米尔纳德邦污染控制委员会定于11月10日派人到厂调查。
泰米尔纳德邦工业部长 Virudhai Magal Keerthana 在社交平台X上表示，工人的安全与尊严必须放在首位，这起悲剧性事故将被彻底调查、并根据调查结果采取适当行动。据知情人士称，塔塔电子与苹果公司也将对这起事故展开调查；路透社就此向塔塔电子求证时未获回应。事发时工厂正值排灯节假期停工，消息人士称生产没有受到影响。
塔塔集团是印度 iPhone 供应链的核心厂商之一，约占印度 iPhone 组装量的四成，其余主要由富士康承担。这家霍苏尔工厂此前也出过事故：2024年的一场火灾曾迫使零部件生产一度停工。
（来源：路透社）
Three Contract Workers Die After Inhaling Gas at Tata Electronics iPhone Parts Plant in India
Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India — Three contract workers died on the evening of November 9 after inhaling gas while carrying out maintenance work at a Tata Electronics factory in southern India that makes components for Apple's iPhone. District Collector C Dinesh Kumar said the men died while inspecting an external nano-filtration tank at the plant's effluent treatment plant.
According to the New Indian Express and local reports, the four workers had been engaged by Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, to clean sludge at the effluent treatment plant near Uddanapalli in Krishnagiri district. Kumar told reporters that one worker fell into the tank and the others died trying to rescue him; only one of the four survived. He said there were no proper safety measures in place while the effluent plant was being handled, and that the district administration is inquiring into the incident. Officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board were set to visit the plant on November 10 to investigate.
Tamil Nadu Industries Minister Virudhai Magal Keerthana posted on X that the safety and dignity of every worker must remain paramount, that the incident would be thoroughly investigated, and that appropriate action would follow. Sources with direct knowledge said Tata Electronics and Apple would also investigate the deaths; Tata Electronics did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. The facility was closed for the Deepavali festival holiday, and the sources said production was not affected.
Tata accounts for roughly 40 percent of iPhone assembly in India, with Foxconn making up most of the rest. The Hosur site has faced setbacks before: a fire halted production at the components plant in 2024.
(Source: Reuters)
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图片来源：图：印度泰米尔纳德邦霍苏尔街景，塔塔电子工厂所在的工业城镇（资料图）。照片：Prof tpms 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A street in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, the industrial town where the Tata Electronics plant is located (file photo). Photo by Prof tpms, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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